Combined ladder and hose and body belt strap



July 13,1926. Y 1,592,556

M. C ANAAN, JR

COMBINED LADDER AND HOSE AND BODY BELT STRAP Filed July 24, 1925 patented July 13, 1926.

UNITED STATES MICHAEL CANAAN, JR., OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

COMBINED LADDER AND HOSE AND BODY BELT STRAP.

Application filed July 24, 1925.

My invention relates to a combined hosearrier, ladder-strap and lifebelt. The Ohject of the inventionis to provide a combination of belt and strap which will serve as a safety support for a fireman standing on a ladder in directing a stream of water and also serve to sustain the heavy water hose from the ladder while the fireman manipulates the discharge nozzle end to direct the water to the desired point, the belt and hose-carrier in unison enabling the fireman to lift the-hose with its weight carried by him from his body while holding to the ladder with his hands in ascending and descending the ladder and when he has reached the elevation desired making it possible to support and sustain the hose from the ladder and use the body-belt to brace or hold the firemans body to the ladder while using both hands for manipulating the hose to direct its stream. The body-belt may also serve to hold the body of a fire victim from the body of the fireman while the latter carries the person to a point of safety, and it also enables the fireman to suspend himself from a window sill or other part of a building while waiting the assistance of his brother firemen. The body belt also serves as a means for supporting the hose carrier from the body of the fireman ready for connection to the hose when the latter is to be carried.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the fea tures hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claim reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the hose-carrier supporting a hose from one rung of a ladder and the body-belt bracing and holding a fireman to the ladder while mani mlating the hose with both hands;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bodybelt and hose carrier coupled together, and the hose-carrier strap in gripping relation to the hose.

In the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a be t of leather or other material provided at one end with a buckle 2 the tongue of which will engage any one of a series of holes 3 formed in the other portion of the belt so as to contract or expand the loop of the belt to suit the conditions to be met,

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and from the belt there is suspended a hook l having an eye 5 through which the belt passes so as to permit the hook to freely slide to the position necessary for engagement of the hook with the object with Which for the time being it will co-operate.

The hose-carrier portion of the combined body-belt, adder strap and hose-carrier consists of strap 6, of suitable material, provided at one end with a ring 7, and at the other end with a hook 8 having an eye 9 at the terminal end of the hook shank to receive the strap 6 and also formed with an eye 10 in the neck of the hook to receive the hook 4: of the body-belt, when the hose is to be carried, the neck of the hook 8 being enlarged or widened for formation of the eye therein as illustrated.

In use of the combined support and hose carrier for carrying the hose, the strap 6 is passed around the hose l1 and through the rmg '7 so that the hose will be held in the loop thus formed. The body-belt 1, placed about the shoulders and body of the fireman will have its hook 4- passed through the eye 10 of the carrier-strap hook 9 so that the hose will be. suspended or hang from the shoulders of the fireman so that he may carry the hose to the point desired, and have the free use of his arms and hands. If the hose be carried up a ladder, as indicated in Figure 1 of the drawing, when the elevation desired is reached the fireman will engage the hook 8 of the hose-carrier strap with one of the rungs of the ladder so that the weight of the hose will be supported from the ladder rung whereupon the fireman will disenthe hook 4 of the body or shoulder belt from the eye 10 of hook 8, and engage hook 4 with another rung of the ladder so that his body will be braced and receive support from connection of his belt with the ladder rung while he is manipulating the nozzle end of the hose to point it in the direction desired. If the position of the hose is to be elevated or lowered, the fireman will disen gage his belt hook from the ladder rung and pass it through the eye of the hose-carrier hook and then disengage the latter hook from the ladder rung whereupon the hose again becomes suspended from the body of the firemainand when the latter has passed to another position on the ladder he will engage the hook of the hose-carrier strap with a ladder rung and then disengage his belt hook from the other hook and engage it i an with one of the ladder rungs and is then free to brace himself from the ladder through connection of his belt hook therewith so that he is free from the weight of the depending hose *and has the free use of his arms and both hands for manipulation of the nozzle end of the hose.

In the event of the firen'ian being in a hazardous place on a part of a building and for personal safety is obliged to take a position where no ladder is available, he may engage the hook of his belt with a window sill so as to hang from the sill by means of his body belt until resuced by his fellow-fireman. In case a fire victim'is to be carried down a ladder, the fireman will loosen his belt and pass it around the body of the victim, under the arms, and also around his own body, about his shoulders, and fasten the buckle and then with the body of the victim strapped to his back may descend a ladder to the ground or place of safety.

lVhen not in actual service in carrying a hose, th hose-carrying strap will hang from the side of the fireman suspended from the co-operating hook of the belt supported from the shoulder of the fireman so that it is in readiness for connection to the hose for carrying the same when the necessity arises.

The co-oper t-ion of the several parts of the combined body-belt ladder strap and hose-carrier to meet the exigencies of the different situations encountered will be apparent from the description given, and by the several co-opcrative features specified, a simple, convenient and quickly applied device for the purposes in view is provided. It will be understood that changes may be made in some of the features specified without departing from the essential features as sought to be expressed in the appended claim.

Having described the invention and set forth its merits what I claim is The combined ladder and hose strap and ture. 7 7

MICHAEL CANAAN, JR. 

